'Supergirl' questions everything about her life in dark Season 3 trailer

Does Kara even want to be Kara anymore?
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"Kara Danvers was a mistake."

Those words were the biggest surprise of the Supergirl panel at Comic-Con Saturday, as the showrunners teased a Season 3 that looks certain to get as dark for the girl of steel as Season 3 of the The Flash did for that hero.

"The theme of Season 3 is 'what does it mean to be human?'", said new showrunner Jessica Queller. "All of the characters will be exploring that question, especially Kara."

The Supergirl panel also confirmed that Calista Flockhart's Cat Grant will return as a regular character, and that Heroes star Adrian Pasdar will play a highly topical real estate tycoon villain.

Supergirl returns to the CW October 9.

Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor

Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.

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